Chapter 120: Devil's Town
"A tornado is coming!"
The sky instantly became pitch black, and the people blown by the wind and sand staggered from side to side, making people unable to open their eyes, so they could only lie on their camels, looking around for a place to hide.
If they couldn't find it, they had to put the camels and horses in a circle, and everyone hid in the herd of camels and shivered.
In the face of this raging nature, even the innate martial artists could not do anything, they could only pray that the wind and sand would pass as soon as possible.
Xu Ping covered Qiao'er and Fei'er with felt, and tied the three of them together with a rope, for fear that someone would be swept away.
After the wind and sand raged for a while, it soon became calm, the weather was clear, and the previous calm was restored, Xu Ping and his party stood up from the camel herd and began to check the people and luggage around them to see what was missing.
"Lao Ding and Uncle Dong are gone!"
"Six ...... of luggage missing"
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After the people below reported, Su Haicheng's face was very ugly, he had just left Hanyang Pass, there were few people and lost things, how could he insist on going in the future?
Here in Qingyun Sect, the loss was slightly smaller, no one was missing, only some luggage was blown away by the wind and sand.
After a while, the team continued to set off.
Su Haicheng didn't have time to let people look for the people who disappeared in the wind and sand, not to mention the barren Gobi desert, they didn't know where to look for it, in case they lost manpower in the process of searching, it was really accompanied by Mrs. and soldiers.
In the evening, Xu Ping and his party found a flat place and began to set up camp and cook on a fire.
"Sect Master Xu, come over and eat together, the food we bring is sufficient." Su Haicheng greeted Xu Ping.
"No need, there are only three of us, so we won't bother you!" Xu Ping rejected Su Haicheng's kindness.
Besides, the food carried by Su Haicheng and the others was not as large as the food stored by Xu Ping, and there were many types, so Xu Ping didn't want to take advantage of this, so it was better for the three of them to eat fragrantly.
After eating, I faced the problem of sleeping, the temperature here in the Gobi Desert during the day is okay, but at night, the temperature is as low as dozens of degrees below zero, and I am shivering in the cold when I sleep in a tent.
Xu Ping and Fei'er have nothing to do with each other, but they are bitter Qiao'er, and the two felts on their bodies are useless.
"Sister Qiao'er, I'm a little fire baby, it's not so cold when you hold me!" Qiao'er hugged Fei'er and tried it, and sure enough, as Fei'er said, holding her was like holding a small stove, and quickly drove away the cold on her body.
Xu Ping has no problem, this cold is nothing to him, he sleeps at the door of the tent, escorting Qiao'er and Fei'er, in case a wild beast comes in at night.
In the middle of the night, Xu Ping heard bursts of wolf howls outside, hurriedly sat up, opened the tent and looked out.
Green eyes kept emerging in the distance, and soon surrounded Xu Ping and his party, seeing that the number was no less than a few hundred wild wolves, although no one was worried, but they had to be guarded against, what if they didn't pay attention to let the wild wolves rush in and scatter the horses? Will you kill the wolf or save the horse?
Seeing that the people in the camp began to panic, Xu Ping yelled: "Don't panic, everyone, take care of their respective horses!" ”
While speaking, Xu Ping took out his bow and arrows, and "swished" one sharp arrow after another, each arrow took the life of a wolf, and quickly stopped the wolves.
This is the Great Perfection level of archery, even in the dark night, no wolf can dodge.
"Give all the arrows to Grandmaster Xu! Let him kill the wolf! ”
The people of the Su family also carried bows and arrows, but in the face of the cunning wolf, the sharp arrows they shot did not have much effect.
Seeing this, Su Haicheng asked people to send all the sharp arrows to Xu Ping's hands, and watched him kill the cunning wolf.
Xu Ping shot hundreds of arrows in one go, and the wild wolves around him were immediately cleared, and only a burst of wolf howls came from a distance, which was a signal for the wolf king to retreat.
"The wolf is repulsed!"
Seeing the wild wolf gradually retreating, everyone cheered, even the people of Qingyun Sect were no exception, and they were full of gratitude to Du Ping. But after seeing the whole process of Xu Ping shooting the wolves, the master of the Qingyun Sect had a strong sense of vigilance against Xu Ping, if he faced Xu Ping in the future, he couldn't give him the opportunity to shoot arrows, otherwise the innate master would not be able to resist.
In the days that followed, such things happened many times, and everyone gradually got used to it, with Xu Ping, a sharpshooter, ordinary beasts and horse bandits could not get close.
Even if a small number of horse bandits and wild beasts raid in, they can't escape the pursuit of other masters.
"It's another New Year!"
Looking at the snowflakes falling in the air, Xu Ping noticed that the new year had arrived unconsciously.
Although the atmosphere of the New Year is not felt on the Gobi desert, everyone still finds ways to celebrate the New Year.
Today, when I met a herd of antelopes on the way to walk, someone grabbed a few of them, immediately disemboweled, and cleaned up the pot.
In addition, the small animals such as hares and pheasants that are usually caught are stewed in a large pot, and everyone gathers together to hold a good wine and congratulate the arrival of the New Year.
After three rounds of drinking, the crowd began to discuss the journey below.
"Walk another hundred and ten miles, and you will reach Devil's City!"
Devil's City, as the name suggests, is inhabited by devils, but in fact, this is not the case, the devil's city is not inhabited by real devils, but some evil-doers gather together from all directions, and gradually form a new town on the Gobi, and the merchants who come and go call it the devil's town.
"There are four demon kings in the Devil City, everyone is a congenital master, and there are thousands of first-class or second-rate martial artists under them, and all the merchants who pass through the Devil City must leave half of the goods, otherwise they are not allowed to pass."
"Of course, this is not the most important thing, the important thing is that there is also a rule in Devil City, half of the goods carried are left, and men are allowed to let them go, but women must all stay, and they will have children and reproduce for the people in Devil City."
Everyone fell silent after hearing this, except for Qiao'er, among the people of the Su family and the Qingyun Sect, there were three or four women each, although the number was not large, but they played an important role in the entire team, without them taking care of the few children in the team, these children would not be able to hold on.
Not to mention that several of these women are still the main combat power of the Su family and the Qingyun Sect, not weaker than anyone below the innate master, and after arriving in Xianyuan City, these women still have some important responsibilities, and they must not stay in Devil City.
"Fight, since the Devil City doesn't let people pass, then we will fight with them and fight a bloody way!"
That being said, with only a few dozen of them, how could they fight with thousands of people in Devil City?
Not to mention the four demon kings of Devil City, all of them are masters of the innate realm, and any demon king standing up can make everyone present feel pressure.
"Is there any other road besides Devil's City?"
"Yes, but it's hard! If you cross that mountain, you can avoid the Devil's Town! Su Haicheng pointed to the high mountain not far behind him, several thousand meters above sea level, looking like a giant towering in the sky from a distance, the snow line is covered with ice and snow from time to time with white clouds passing by, and the eagle is hovering in the sky.